Don't get second cheapest wine

Submitted by alex 477 days ago Categories: wine restaurants dining

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When you order wine in a restaurant, and you don't know anything on the wine list, the worst possible choice you can make is to get the second cheapest wine.
The reason for that is it's statistically proven most people go for that, since they don't want to appear cheap and get the least expensive. So, restaurants know that and put their worst stuff in the second cheapest spot.
You're much be...

Automate your savings

Submitted by alex 477 days ago Categories: savings money personal finance

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In my opinion, this is the most important money tip out there. Certainly the best one I've ever got.

If you're planning to save on anything, do it automatically. You don't have to fight a willpower battle with yourself every time you want to put money away.

Instead, set up automatic (for example, every month) deductions from your checking account to your savings. Even if you do it for ...

To lose weight, eat more times per day, but smaller portions

Submitted by alex 474 days ago Categories: health weight loss lose weight

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One of many things you can do to lose weight is spread your meals throughout per day, and make them smaller. Eat a small meal every couple of hours, while drinking copious amounts of water all throughout the day.

That will result in your body's metabolism rate speeding up (or rather, being normal and not slowing down, which is what happens when you eat only two or three "big" meals per day) ...

To make yourself do something, make it a habit

Submitted by alex 467 days ago Categories: productivity personal development self-help growth

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If you want to consistently make yourself do something, be it go to the gym, brush your teeth three times a day, etc.. the easiest way to make sure you always stick to it is to make sure it becomes a habit.

Schedule your day so it becomes a natural part of it for you, allocate some time to it. Then after a while, you'll notice that you will automatically start doing it, and it will feel weir...

If you're trying to start a business, work closer to business side

Submitted by alex 474 days ago Categories: business career entrepreneur job

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If you're working in a big corporation, and want to start a business yourself, but don't know anything about the industry, shift your job towards dealing with clients.

Especially if you work in technology, where you only deal with other IT people, you'll never learn the actual industry. However, if you shift your position to a more business-oriented, you'll gain knowledge about your clients,...

Get a department store credit card to start repairing your credit

Submitted by alex 477 days ago Categories: credit cards personal finance credit

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If your credit is so bad you shudder every time the word 'credit card' is mentioned, this one is for you.

No matter how much you hate them because you had bad experiences with them, at some point you'll have to get a credit card. In today's world, you just can't get very far without them.

But what to do if your credit is so bad that no credit card company would ever give you a credit card...

Write down your world-changing idea... and anything else

Submitted by alex 477 days ago Categories: productivity ideas writing lifehacks

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Do you know how right after the alarm goes off in the morning, in your first few waking moments, you remember everything about that dream you just had? And then, a minute later, it's all gone?

Unfortunately, it's not just the dreams that work that way. Any thought that comes into our head, eventually gets lost. Eventually you stop thinking about it eventually, you get distracted - anything c...